Religious Education: Newsbits

20 October 2016
Upcoming RE Events:


Do you own a sewing machine? Have we got a volunteer job for you! Are you willing to donate an hour or two for a simple sewing project that will help our homeless teen friends for whom we’re providing meals this year? If you can help, please contact Lissa Lander within the next few days to learn about making cloth bags for homeless teens. Email: . Project completion date 11/7/16.


We need to make dough to raise dough! The third Sunday of each month—Sandwich Sunday—RE classrooms at the 11am service make a lunch that we bring to the Volunteers of America Teen Shelter. We need a volunteer who will stand by the RE kitchen to monitor baking and monitor the cookie sale during Coffee Hour after service. Remember, this is only one Sunday each month. All proceeds from our cookie sales support our effort to replenish supplies for Sandwich Sundays (third Sunday of each month). If you’re willing to help, please contact Julie Miller or Lissa Lander at or .


Clothing Drive
 Over the UEA weekend, RE youth are decorating and assembling boxes for an upcoming clothing drive for two projects. First, we hope to collect stylish outfits for teens or baby clothes for teen moms who reside in the VOA shelter. Second, we would like to offer high-quality clothes at a very low cost to our own congregation. Funds raised from this project will go toward expenses associated with sending our teens to New Orleans next Spring on a service project. Clothing donations will be accepted during the Halloween Party on October 25, on Sunday October 30 and Sunday November 6. During Family Night on Monday November 7, we will lay clothes out for our families for $1/item. Any remaining clothing will be donated to the VOA teen shelter.


Halloween Party 
Calling all families with young children! Please join us for a ghoulishly good time Tuesday, October 25 from 6-7:30pm at Eliot Hall. More details here.


High School Recycling Fundraiser


-submitted by Nancy Moos

The High School YRUU youth are partnering with Planet Green to recycle e-waste! For each of the following items that we mail in, Planet Green gives a certain amount to our youth group. You get to be rid of your e-waste, and support our youth at the same time! Below is a list of items that can be recycled. Please bring only items that are on the list to the box near the Environmental Ministry table on Sundays, we’ll do the rest! In addition, if you’re looking to buy ink cartridges, you can buy them from Planet Green and we get a percentage! Just go to this website: planetgreenrecycle.com/slcyruu
What We Recycle:
· Inkjet Cartridges
· Laser/Toner Cartridges
· Cell Phones & Accessories
· GPS & Radar Detectors
· Calculators
· eBook Readers
· iPods/MP3 Players
· Digital/Video Cameras
· PDAs
· iPads/Tablets
· Video Game & Consoles
Questions? Contact Nancy Moos at